The Parti Québécois accuses François Legault of lacking “historical memory” because he declared that politicians were not victims of violence in Quebec, without taking into account the attack targeting Pauline Marois in 2012.
“Almost only twelve years ago, one of her predecessors was literally the victim of a political attack that came within a hair’s breadth of hitting her,” recalled Parti Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon in a tweet Monday at noon.
Asked to react to the attack against Donald Trump, the Prime Minister said this on the sidelines of the Council of the Federation in Halifax: “It’s worrying for democracy in the United States. Now, we don’t have that, that violence, against politicians, in Quebec. In any case, physically.”
Legault asked to retract
For Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, “it is worrying to see the Premier of Quebec make such a statement, which demonstrates a complete lack of historical memory on basic facts.”
The PQ leader also recalled that a shooter went to the National Assembly in 1984 with the intention of attacking René Lévesque.
“We have often seen the Prime Minister make sweeping statements or find that we cannot trust his word, but on this specific statement, I invite him to retract and correct it quickly.”
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